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I think therefore I am? – Hospice Discharges

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Photo by Katrina Beachy on Unsplash Discharge from a hospice is a good thing. It doesn’t happen often. Most people die under our care. Occasionally there will be some people who actually stabilise and even improve so much that they no longer require our care.

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Managing the Hospice Payment Cap by Balancing Length of Stay

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When faced with cap issues, some hospices discharge patients alive, While this may be appropriate in some cases, this can also adversely affect patients and families as well as catch the attention of regulators. Such decisions must be made using an ethical and compliant process, according to Klaustermeier.

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Hospices’ Collaboration with Discharge Planners Key to Effective Care Transitions

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Lissy Hu, president of connected networks, CarePort, a WellSky company Among the challenges associated with a hospice discharge is ensuring the timeliness of care — finding a hospice that can be with the patient in their home as soon as possible, according to Joan Carpenter, assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.

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Addus Projects ‘Strong, Steady’ Hospice Growth Amid Lingering Pandemic Census Headwinds

Hospice News

Though same-store hospice average daily census (ADC) volumes rose sequentially by 2.7%, ADC rates fell year-over-year by 1%. State of hospice segment Higher volumes of hospice discharges impacted its ADC and length of stay, according to Bradley Bickham, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Addus. “If

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What New Allegations that HCA Healthcare Pressured Patients Mean for Hospices

Hospice News

These data trends are especially concerning since HCA has been rapidly expanding in the hospice/home health space in recent years. Clinician accounts Independent of SEIU’s research, NBC News on Wednesday released its own investigation into HCA’s hospice discharge practices.

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

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And you had higher rates of hospice discharges, higher rates of DNR orders. Decreased time to consultations by a day, which is pretty huge, especially… I don’t know what the median length of stay is, but it’s usually not too long in the hospital.